Towing

Geophysical operations 01 jul thru 31 oct by M/V geo arctic towing 8300 meter long cable in area bound by…

Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 89/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-09-19 17:36Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XX 59/14 271730Z JUN 14.. Issued 2014-06-27 18:08Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Barentsz Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2014-06-27 18:08Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XX 59/14 271730Z JUN 14.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Barentsz Sea
position
69.715, 57.711
vessel
M/V GEO ARCTIC · 58 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
BARENTS SEA.
1. GEOPHYSICAL OPERATIONS 01 JUL THRU 31 OCT
   BY M/V GEO ARCTIC TOWING 8300 METER LONG
   CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY
   70-12.0N 057-30.0E, 69-54.0N 058-30.0E,
   69-32.0N 058-30.0E, 69-29.0N 058-20.0E,
   69-24.7N 058-30.0E, 69-15.0N 058-30.0E,
   69-15.0N 058-20.0E, 69-20.0N 058-20.0E,
   69-20.0N 058-00.0E, 69-15.0N 058-00.0E,
   69-15.0N 057-30.0E, 69-30.0N 057-30.0E,
   69-30.0N 057-18.0E, 69-32.3N 057-00.0E,
   69-45.0N 057-00.0E, 69-45.0N 056-27.0E.
   EIGHT MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 NOV 14.

Reading this warning

Towed array / streamer
Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
Tow / towing
A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
Position (degrees and minutes)
How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · tows

3 within 180 nm since 2014 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 tows listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 01:25Z; source collection times vary.

Towing

Vessels under tow with long or unlit tow lines. All current tows →

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